Michigan football coach Brady Hoke wants recruits to be sure when they make a commitment to the Wolverines. He sees the commitment as a two-way street, which is why he has a problem when verbally committed players want to visit other schools.

Speaking on WTKA-AM (1050)’s “Michigan Insider” show this morning, Hoke discussed his program’s policy. He can’t speak specifically about unsigned recruits such as Crawford, per NCAA rules.

“We want to make sure,” he said. “We want him to understand. We don’t pressure guys into making their commitments. We talk to them about how they feel about their commitment. We don’t want them to back out of a commitment, because we have an obligation and honesty when we do offer a guy and accept that commitment. We stop recruiting a guy at that position because we’ve got one that we can count on.

“As we go through the process, there’s a lot of conversation on what this commitment means and how we handle it and how we look at it and how we evaluate it.”

Crawford has not officially announced that he is decommitted from Michigan, but in these situations in the past, U-M has made it clear that the player’s spot in the class might not be saved.

To handle some of these issues, Hoke strongly supports an early period for official visits in the NCAA, possibly in May and the start of June. Official visits can be paid for by the school.

An early visit window would allow for an early signing period, possibly near the fall, well before the current Signing Day in February. That’s what occurs in college basketball.

“It would be great for the kids and coaches out there,” Hoke said. “I think it would really help the families and the student-athletes who are being recruited. … Guys are going all over the country, and families are trying to give their sons the best view of every opportunity that is out there. But at the same time, they’re spending a lot of money. … We’ve talked in the Big Ten about an early visitation period. That would help the families and help those young men.”

With Michigan’s national recruiting base, it would benefit the Wolverines, too.

Hoke also touched on other topics on the radio:

■ He enthusiastically supports the Big Ten’s upcoming nine-game conference schedule and is bothered that the SEC and ACC will remain at eight conference games.

“As a conference, we all voted, and it was a pretty unanimous vote to got to a nine-game schedule. And I honestly believe, because of trying to find enough games to play, the amount of money being spread around to pay for people to come to your stadium, it only makes sense that we ought to play nine games. When you look at all the power conferences, we all should do it, if it’s going to have something to do with the playoffs.

“For two conferences to play eight, I don’t see that as equitable across the board.”

■ Hoke is in favor of increasing the cost-of-attendance payments to players under NCAA rules, primarily to help with incidental costs beyond a player’s reach, such as traveling home across the country.

■ The Wolverines’ offensive leaders are still emerging. Hoke cited the receivers and quarterback Devin Gardner but also said “it’ll be a work in progress” based on how voluntary workouts jell the group this summer and then into the fall, with the coaches.